Local news

From tree plantings to free transit, here are ways you can celebrate the earth this week.

Five young men were shot Friday afternoon when gunfire broke out in a park in Greenbelt, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., according to police.

A far-right extremist group leader was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with makeshift weapons during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago.

The teenager faces 10 years in prison if convicted.

For the second time in less than a week, recreational vessels will be allowed passage through the Key Bridge safety zone by using the temporary channel off Sollers Point, located on the northeast side of the channel off Dundalk.

The Columbia Association board has selected a new leader after not having a permanent CEO for over a year.

In addition to waiving fees, BARCS will have an “adopt-a-thon” this weekend.

As Howard County’s Antique Farm Machinery Club hosts its 29th annual auction on Saturday, the club looks to the future of their museum and the county weights what’s to become of the museum grounds.

A Montgomery County high school student has been charged with plotting a school shooting.

Globe Collection and Press at MICA believes the track list poster for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” was inspired by them. They want credit for it.

A 34-year-old Carroll County man was sentenced this week to 17 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child.

Birdwatchers can enjoy nature from afar with the help of these nest cams around Maryland.

Ninety-nine percent of Goucher College students get financial aid or scholarships of some kind, its president said.

Richard “Dik” Souan, a champion sports car driver and prolific photographer of Baltimore, died Jan. 26. He was 77.

Investigation into fatal I-695 crash stated the driver spun into the work zone through an opening meant for construction vehicles.

Maryland State Police identified the six victims killed in Wednesday’s crash.

Life as a highway construction worker: We ‘don’t know who’s gonna go home that day’

Their collective samples became known as the GBMC slides. And after many years of these frozen slides growing ever colder, Baltimore County law enforcement announced its laboratory would process the remaining 1,400 slides by the end of 2024.

The ship’s owner, Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., made what’s known in maritime law as a “general average” declaration.

Following a period of rapid growth, CFG Bank has moved into its new headquarters in Baltimore Peninsula.